Personalities | Anna Netrebko | Contemporary | Classical
b. 1971
Russian-Austrian soprano
After studies at the Conservatory in St Petersburg, she made her stage debut in 1994 at the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Opera, of which she remains a company member. Her US debut a year later (San Francisco) was followed by appearances at Covent Garden, Salzburg and the Metropolitan Opera (2002). She excels in both Italian bel canto roles – Donizetti’s Lucia and Bellini’s Amina (La sonnambula) – and Russian repertoire (Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Natasha in Prokofiev’s War and Peace).
Introduction | Contemporary | Classical
Personalities | Birgit Nilsson | Contemporary | Classical
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